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Lanner, Cornwall Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Lanner, Cornwall

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Lanner, Cornwall history

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Lanner is a former tin and copper mining parish which grew rapidly in the 19th century. The name comes from the Cornish “Lannergh”, which means “a clearing” The village was one of the most productive copper mines in Cornwall.

Church history

The parish church, Christ Church, is in the Diocese of Truro and was consecrated on St Swithin’s day, 1845. Until constituted a parish in 1844 Lanner (or Lannarth) was part of the parish of Gwennap.

Lanner, Cornwall geography / climate

Lanner lies in a valley with Carn Marth hill rising 235 metres (771 ft) north of the village. The village is centred on a square and straddles the A393 Redruth to Falmouth road. The west end is known as Lanner Hill and the east end is Lanner Moor.

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Best Lanner, Cornwall places to visit

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Lanner, Cornwall has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Lanner, Cornwall’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Lanner, Cornwall’s information audio spots:

Carn Brea Castle Carn Brea Castle is a 14th-century grade II listed granite stone building. It was extensively remodelled in the 18th century as a hunting lodge in the style of a castle for the Basset family. The building is in private use as a restaurant.

South Wheal Frances Mine South Wheal Frances is a former mine accessing the copper and tin of the Great Flat Lode south of Camborne in Cornwall, England.

Carn Marth Carn Marth (Cornish: Karn Margh) is the name of a hill in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, near Redruth. It is 235 m (771 ft) high and is well known for the granite quarried from it in the past.

Poldice mine Poldice mine is a former metalliferous mine located in southwest Cornwall. It is situated near the hamlet of Todpool, between the villages of Twelveheads and St Day, three miles east of Redruth.

Wheal Gorland Wheal Gorland was one of the most important Cornish mines of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is the type locality for the minerals chenevixite, clinoclase, cornwallite, kernowite and liroconite.

Stithians Stithians (Cornish: Stedhyans), also known as St Stythians, is a village and civil parish in Cornwall. It lies in the middle of the triangle bounded by Redruth, Helston and Falmouth. Its population (2001) is 2,004, increasing to 2,101 at the 2011 census. An electoral ward in the same name also exists but stretches north to St Day.

Consolidated Mines Consolidated Mines, also known as Great Consolidated mine, was a metalliferous mine. Mainly active during the first half of the 19th century, its mining sett was about 600 yards north–south; and 2,700 yards east–west, to the east of Carharrack.

Wheal Maid Wheal Maid (also Wheal Maiden) is a former mine in the Camborne-Redruth-St Day Mining District, 1.5km east of St Day. Between 1800 and 1840, profits are said to have been up to £200,000. In 1852, the mine was almalgamated with Poldice Mine and Carharrack Mine and worked as St Day United. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s the mine site was turned into large lagoons and used as a tip for two other nearby mines: Mount Wellington and Wheal Jane.

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